Recent content by Gamma1214

That's a very pretty boat. If it were mine, I might have to let someone else paddle it until the first scratch.

That looks really good. Nicely done.

My architect friend indulged me once more and plans are now actual size. I've switched away from Walnut in favor of Sassafras for the accent strips & trim because the Walnut I had wasn't very nice, I had a wide Sassafras board that was a bit too warped to make paddles and the width of this hull...

Is that a dam in the 4th pic? If so, were you above or below it?

Of the woods that you've listed as available to you, I'd use the Cherry. It ages into a deep, dark red and, in my experience, darker woods like Walnut tend to lighten with age while lighter woods tend to darken. Cherry is a little fragile when working it- it will split easily if bent too...

Good grief! Prefacing that with "measure twice, cut once", I was expecting to read that you'd forgotten that advice and cut it too short (I did that on my Raven). Glad you're smarter than that.

The site says it's their top seller so it may be more common than one might think (or people are retrofitting their Allis Chalmers with 'em) As for you Chip: It looks like you've got some good suggestions already so I'll add my (less useful) thoughts: Changing your attire would seem to be in...

Yep. In trying to cut Sassafras strips for my current build, the rough-cut edge was rough enough that I was getting thin spots. I took the plank to my woodworking buddy so we could true it on his joiner and he insisted that we could get perfect strips with his table saw. He then cut me a...

Oh boy, at the risk of reprimand: I'm probably not a great one to ask about PPE as my risk tolerance is higher than what is likely to be healthy. About the only PPE I wear during a build is latex gloves when handling liquid epoxy and a paper dust mask when sanding the dried epoxy for...

I've never built with full-length strips and I scarf as I go with a simple miter box (45 degree scarfs). I lay both pieces in the box overlapping them, cut them both at the same time and then glue them on as you would laminate flooring: whatever is left over from the last strip becomes the...

Hi Mickster. Hovering the cursor over EEB's avatar, it shows the last visit here was 9/3. If you send a direct message, it should notify them via email instead of waiting for them to check back in. Always good to see someone near home interested in canoes instead of 'yaks... Good luck.

I'm pretty sure we've got it figured out (as long as Tom is willing to print them one more time) but I'd certainly consider lofting. I've done it for my paddle patterns (lofting data was provided by Warren & Gidmark). It seems like it would be a lot of measurements to do a canoe... wouldn't I...

Welcome John. I wouldn't have built my first if not for the folks on this site. Ask anything & remember that you're probably not the first to wonder about something so asking helps all the future builders also. I'll look forward to following along (caution: I'm more "wood butcher" than...

Thank goodness we're all bulletproof when we're young. I don't think I'd do well with something like that at my (rapidly advancing) age.

Correct. Some of the boards (like the one in the video) had quite a bit of thickness variation. I'm told it's common with band saws when the blade starts to dull. One thing you'll want to watch if you have this much variation is the grain. The Larch (Tamarack) that I used on the Raven was...